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Kristen Hersh's version of Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey, Pixies' version of Wild Honey Pie, Breeders' version of Happiness is a Warm Gun, Tanya Donelly's version of Long Long Long...

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Kristen Hersh's version of Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey, Pixies' version of Wild Honey Pie, Breeders' version of Happiness is a Warm Gun, Tanya Donelly's version of Long Long Long...

plus Joe Cocker's With A Little Help Form My Friends

Worst

Madonna - American Pie

Robson and Jerome or any boy band's carbon copy but MOR pish versions of any song.

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Guest Steven Dedalus

Guest Steven Dedalus

Nouvelle Vague's version of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' is a hideous cocktail bar lounge version of the song that stips any meaning away from the original and replaces it with a "gosh! Weren't the 80s great!" sentiment that is neither appropriate, nor welcome.

Just like evry other song they attempted on their terrible two albums.

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Nouvelle Vague's version of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' is a hideous cocktail bar lounge version of the song that stips any meaning away from the original and replaces it with a "gosh! Weren't the 80s great!" sentiment that is neither appropriate, nor welcome.

Just like evry other song they attempted on their terrible two albums.

Ooohh, I disagree profusely. Although I admit Love Will Tear Us Apart is not their greatest moment, it is a good cover. The highlights for me however are the versions of Too Drunk To Fuck by the Dead Kennedys and I Melt With You by Modern English.

I think they are great. I completely agree that all wacky 80's nostalgia deserved to be burned to the ground, but Nouvelle Vague's covers have never been in that vein, most of the performers as I understand have never even heard the original versions of the songs, which makes it all the more interesting to see what they come out with.